All posts tagged in Lagos Comic-Con
October 29th, Johannesburg – Taking place from 14-16 November, DISCOP Johannesburg is the leading content, adaptation rights and project market dedicated to Africa and the Middle East. As the African / MENA regions continue to grow as the world’s most coveted entertainment and media marketplaces, encompassing 70 countries with a combined population of 1.5 billion, DISCOP markets
Comic Conventions the world over are a ritual in praise and worship of all things art, geek and pop culture. Nigeria’s very own Lagos Comic Con was no different. The ever gorgeous Cassandra Mark – a Squid Mag contributor and Comic Republic comic creator and artist (Tatashe, Hero Kekere) – shares her experience and thoughts
Market organiser DISCOP Africa has partnered with a network of African comic conventions and The African Animation Network to form DISComics, an initiative designed to support and grow the African animation and comics industry. It will debut as an event at DISCOP’s forthcoming markets in Abidjan, Zanzibar and Johannesburg in 2018 with a focus on the ubiquity
Is Boxsa the first African comic getting a live-action movie adaptation? Possibly, and we are all the better for it! I’ve been writing about African comics for a while now and have been eagerly waiting for one of them to be adapted into a movie. The way I saw it, we would first need to jump into
2017 has been pretty amazing so far for the African geekdom, especially where comic books are concerned. From NAICCON (Kenya), Lagos Comic Con (Nigeria), Comexposed (Zimbabwe) and the just concluded NerdCon (Ghana), these events are helping geeks find new spaces to thrive in as fans and/or creators. As creators and/or fans of African comics, however,
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